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Provide Comments on Alameda Point Planning Documents, including Transportation Demand Management Plan
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Joint Transportation Commission and Planning Board
September 30, 2013
Item 5
Discussion
Provide Comments on Alameda Point Planning Documents, including Transportation Demand Management Plan
Executive Summary
This staff report provides a detailed description of the proposed planning document for Alameda Point. The staff report and meeting this evening is designed to achieve three objectives:
1. Inform the Transportation Commission on a number of efforts that the Planning Board has already commenced, such as the Zoning Ordinance Amendment, Master Infrastructure Plan, Town Center and Waterfront Precise Plan, and Environmental Impact Report;
2. Provide the Planning Board and the Transportation Commission with an overview of staff's current concept for an Alameda Point Transportation Demand Management Plan; and
3. Highlight a list of key discussion topics that staff believes should be addressed this evening in order to prepare a comprehensive draft of the Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point for subsequent review.
Background
Alameda Point is approximately 878 acres of uplands and 1,229 acres of submerged lands (total of 2,107 acres) of the former Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) located west of Main Street at the northwestern end of Alameda. The United States Navy (Navy) transferred approximately 1,379 acres of the Alameda Point property to the City of Alameda on June 4, 2013, which included 509 acres of land and 870 acres of submerged property (Exhibit 1).
Now that the City owns significant portions of Alameda Point, the City is focused on facilitating near-term construction at Alameda Point, which has the potential of generating thousands of jobs, millions of dollars in tax revenue and over a thousand housing units. The civilian reuse of Alameda Point will result in important econom...
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